Tool.



' Patented July 15,1902. J. W. EAST.

(Application filed Apr. 14, 190.2.)

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(lll) Modem" UNITED STATES PATENT Omron.y

' JAMES W. EAs'r, or TATE sPErNes, TENNESSEE.

' TOOL.

,SECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 704,819, datedl'uly 15, 1902.

Application filed AprilM, 1902l To ctt'Z whom it pf2/ay concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES W. EAST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tate Springs, in the county of Graingerand State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towvhich 'it appertains to make and use the same. Y

The invention relates to tools, and more particularly to that classof tools formed with eyes to receive a handle-such, for instance, as axes, hatchets, hammers, adzes, and, in fact, any other class of tools.

The object of the invention is to provide a tool with a handle-receiving eye which is constructed or has cast integral with the walls thereof wedge-shaped' pins which merge from the plane of the eye vand gradually increase in thickness and breadth as they extend upwardly and in addition to serving as means for securely retaining the handle in position also serve to strengthen the eye.

With this and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the application of the invention to a hammer and lshowing the handle in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional ,view. Fig. :iis acrosssectional view on line .fr aor of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a similar view on line 'y fy. l i

Referring to the drawingsddenotes the tool, and 2 the eye, which may be of any shape or outline'des'ired-that is, eithery square, oblong, cireulaigpor elliptical-and is provided on one or more of its sides with one or more integral wedge-shaped fins 3, 4, 5, and 6, which merge from the plane surfaces of the eye andr extendv` upwardly and increase in breadth and thickness.

7 denotes a handle the end lof which is shaped to fit the lower end of the eye. The

handle is driven into the eye, and as the upsein En. 102,795. (no man.) Y

per end of the handlereaches the upper endl of the eye the-Wedge-shaped ns Will have buried themselves into the ber of the handle and will have spread the ber, so as to in-v crease Vor tend toincrease the diameter of theV handle, and thus securely bind it in the eye. If desired, as an extra safeguard I may use a screw S', whichpasses transversely through the eye andhandle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction,-mode of operation, and advantages of theinvention will be readily understood without requiring an extended eX- planation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of. construction may he made within the scopeof the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus"r described my invention, what `I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A tool-head having a handle-receiving eye and havingrprojeeting inside such eye longitudinal Wedge-shaped ns tapering from one end of the eye toward the other, substantially as described.Y

2. A tool-head having a handle-receiving eye and havingprojecting inside such eye longitudinal wedge-shaped fins, substantially as specified. K

3. A tool-head having ahandle-receiving eye and having projecting inside such eye longitudinal wedge-'shaped ns tapering from one end of the eye toward the other, in coinbination'witha handle adapted to be forced into said eyeand-have its texture or ber vspread by the wedge-shaped fins to increase the frictional contact of the inclosed surface of the handle with the Wall of the eye, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

- JAMES W.EAST.

IVitnes'ses:

E. L. FARRELL,

L. T. JARNAGIN. 

